Speedtest

[Will404]

Speedtest.net seems to say I have really slow download and upload speeds. I ran a test (on O2, 18MBPS), and it said I was getting ~5MBPS, which I would put down to wireless/copper phone line, but when downloading on the iplayer, ect HD, I get speeds of up to 2.78MiB/s (megibits per second), and averages of about 1.3MiB/s. I thought these kinds of figures would be from a 30MBPS, and 15MBPS speeds respectivally (and HD download 1hr ~1.3GB takes about 15mins-25mins, so quite quick), so how come speedtest.net says it's so slow.

[kalniel]

Do you mean iplayer download (peer to peer I think) or streaming (server)? Peer to peer is somewhat more resistant to congestion at any one server's end or between the server and you. Also try the test again at different times of day.

[Will404]

Iplayer download, and last time i tried speedtest was about 2AM, and before that about 7PM. Will try again now

edit: just tried it and it gave 5.3MBPS.

Its not that it effects me or annoys me, I just wondered why?

[Jay]

the speedtest server could just be overloaded

[Will404]

suppose, but its been overloaded the last 10 or so weeks - or i just get unlucky

[shadowmaster]

Sometimes speedtest is no better then ramdomly guessing numbers.

Try this, its quite accurate for download speeds-

http://download.zensupport.co.uk/

[watercooled]

Agreed, sometimes I'll use a server and get 30Mb/s (on a 10Mb/s cable connection) which I can only assume is because the test is so short so I'm getting burst rate or caching is happening somewhere, whereas other times I'll get <1Mb/s even when I've just been downloading something at full speed...

[MadduckUK]

so what up and down are you synching at?

[Will404]

well that zen one (100mb) took about 1 min 57 sec to download, so that is an average of 0.855MB/s, which is equivalent to 6.838MBPS, which I put down to WiFi being crummy and connected at 11MBPS.

[Blitzen]

Speedtest is not a good way of testing your true speeds.

It just looks pretty and therefore people think its a good ap when really it isnt.

[Will404]

well the wired computer did it in 1 min and 19 seconds (the fact that wifi (g) was the bottelnech if a first), but was downloading @1.7MB/s, untill windows update decided to pop up and start downloading itself. That means an average of 1.300MB/s, and a max of ~1.780MB/s. That would be equivelent to 10.390MBPS, and 14.240MBPS, which is OK for a 18MBPS connection

Edit: is this what you meant by sync rate:

Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]: 1,373 / 17,974 (from O2 wifi boxII)

Edit 2: Speedtest (which I now know is not a good way of testing your true speeds.) on the wired PC gives these speeds:

, which shows I need to go wired. Just need to convince my partens

[nightkhaos]

well the wired computer did it in 1 min and 19 seconds (the fact that wifi (g) was the bottelnech if a first), but was downloading @1.7MB/s, untill windows update decided to pop up and start downloading itself. That means an average of 1.300MB/s, and a max of ~1.780MB/s. That would be equivelent to 10.390MBPS, and 14.240MBPS, which is OK for a 18MBPS connection

Edit: is this what you meant by sync rate:

Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]: 1,373 / 17,974 (from O2 wifi boxII)

Edit 2: Speedtest (which I now know is not a good way of testing your true speeds.) on the wired PC gives these speeds:

, which shows I need to go wired. Just need to convince my partens

It's odd, the comparsion of downstream I get between Wired and Wireless is negilable (I get 1.8-2.1 on Wireless, and 1.8-2.4 on Wired). Might be your WiFi equipment isn't that good. It might be better to upgrade to draft-n hardware then drill holes in the walls, unless you want gigabit internal, then go for it!

[watercooled]

1.8-2.1 is far less than 15 don't forget.

[nightkhaos]

1.8-2.1 is far less than 15 don't forget.

MegaBYTES per second.

[watercooled]

Ahh right. Fair enough

[Will404]

It's odd, the comparsion of downstream I get between Wired and Wireless is negilable (I get 1.8-2.1 on Wireless, and 1.8-2.4 on Wired). Might be your WiFi equipment isn't that good. It might be better to upgrade to draft-n hardware then drill holes in the walls, unless you want gigabit internal, then go for it!

Suppose, but I put it down to the possitions of things. Even though there is only ~5-10m between the router and my wifi stick, there are 4 or 5 walls, and it is in an enclosed space, so the signal is often week.